Monaco’s obstacle must be overcome by Panathinaikos AKTOR, who faces (20:00, News Bulletin 247, sport-fm.gr, Novasports 4) playing at “Salle Gaston Medecin” for the 8th matchday of the Euroleague.
The “greens”, who are in 5-2coming off a 99-85 win over Maccabi Tel Aviv at home, which returned them to winning ways in the competition after a heavy 92-75 drubbing by Virtus Bologna. Ergin Ataman and his players know that they will have to put in a better, more lasting display than their image in the first game of the Devil’s Week.
“Monaco is a similar team to last year. It has roughly the same roster, with which it reached the Final-4 in the Euroleague. Also, I saw yesterday’s game against Olympiakos. They had an outstanding game, especially Mike James and Alpha Diallo. So, it will be a tough game. There is a balance between our roster and theirs. We have roughly the same strategy and patterns. We have to play smart without mistakes. Of course our defense will be important, because Monaco is a good attacking team“, said the Turkish coach, who comes from two consecutive victories at this stadium with the “greens”.
“The key will be defense. We know that sometimes we play great defensively, but sometimes we have a lot of problems. We have to keep the balance in defense and also in attack to find the solutions“, pointed out the coach of the “greens”.
He traveled normally Nikos Rogavopoulosbut he did solo on Thursday and is questionable, while Kalaitzakis followed part of the program. Out are Holmes, Lessor and Samoturov.
Monaco has a 4-3 record and is coming off a big SEF “double” over Olympiakos, which was combined with a complete performance. It has defeated Dubai BC (103-81), Olympia Milano (79-82) and Valencia (90-84), but lost to Zalgiris (84-89) and Virtus Bologna (77-73), while last week it lost 85-77 to Hapoel Tel Aviv in Sofia. THE John Macudowho has not played in the first seven matches of the EuroLeague and recently joined the training sessions. Nick Calathes, who now belongs to Partizan, has been in the past for a few 24 hours.
Source: Sport Fm
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